Professional references in conservation-restoration of paintings with public institutions in the Grand Ouest region. I work for public institutions that are responsible for collections of art objects. In particular, with the DRACs of Brittany, Pays de la Loire, and Nouvelle Aquitaine.
DRAC
- Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Brittany: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Regions/Drac-Bretagne
- Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, Pays de la Loire: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Regions/Drac-Pays-de-la-Loire
- Direction régionale des affaires Culturelles, Nouvelle Aquitaine: https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Regions/DRAC-Nouvelle-Aquitaine
MUSEUMS
- Musée des Beaux Arts de Bordeaux, Gironde (Fine Arts Museum of Bordeaux, Gironde)
- Musée des Beaux Arts de Libourne, Gironde (Fine Arts Museum of Libourne, Gironde)
- Museum of Fine Arts, Vannes, Morbihan
- Art Museum, La Roche sur Yon, Vendée
Mural paintings and polychromies:
I have participated in restoration interventions of polychrome works and mural paintings (photos here). All these interventions concern cultural properties classified or registered as Historic Monuments.
Professional references in detail:
Interventions in museums
- Restoration of an oil on canvas painting attributed to Guido Reni, 17th century, "Hippomena and Atalanta". H: 2m l: 3m, Musée des Beaux Arts de Libourne (33).
• Restoration of 4 paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries belonging to the collection of the Musée de Libourne (33)
- Restoration of a painting by Marquet, recently added to the collections of the Musée des Beaux Arts de Bordeaux (33). A 17th-century work by Van Savoyen, "Venus and Love on a Dolphin". A work by Gervex, 19th century.
- Restoration of 4 19th and 20th century paintings from the Musée de Vannes (56) collection, including a Moret.
• Restoration of seven paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries belonging to the collection
of the Musée de Vannes (56).
• Condition assessment of the collections, Musée de Vannes, at the request of Mrs. Françoise
Berretrot, curator and director of the Musée de Vannes, and Mrs. Marie-Annie
Avril, head of Fine Arts collections. Drafting of dated and illustrated condition reports
for 124 works belonging to the museum's collection or on deposit.
On-site intervention in external storage and at the museum. Prioritization of
conservation-restoration interventions based on the alterations observed.
• Restoration of the series of six canvas paintings by Paul Baudry dated
1868. The works belong to the collection of the Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon.
The series copies Raphael's Cartoons representing the Acts of the Apostles and
held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
• Restoration of an oil on copper work belonging to the collection of the Musée de
La Roche-sur-Yon. Work possibly from the 17th century, trace of signature. The
painting is entitled "The Drinker."
Interventions for the DRACs
• Restoration of the mural paintings in the ambulatory chapels of the choir, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Group led by Marie Parant-Andaloro.
DRAC Nouvelle Aquitaine
• Restoration of two paintings, oil on canvas, belonging to the collection of the Saint Jean-Baptiste cathedral in Aire sur l'Adour.
• Restoration of a painting, Station of the Cross, belonging to the collection of the Saint Jean-Baptiste Cathedral in Aire-sur-l'Adour.
DRAC Pays de la Loire
• Restoration of two altarpiece paintings from the chapels of the Saint Gervais church in Vic (72), dating from the 17th century. Virgin of the Rosary and Saint Sebastian. Oil on canvas, W: 154cm x H: 160cm. Restoration
monitored by Mrs. Palonka-Cohin, CAOA Sarthe, and the DRAC Pays de la Loire.
• Restoration of painted works, Saint Donatien Basilica, Nantes (44).
Marie Parant Group. Restoration of the keystones, the Latin quotation in
the nave and transepts. The quotation extends over approximately 120 meters divided into about thirty frames.
• Restoration of an oil on canvas painting, signed at the bottom right Pierre Besnard and
dated 1685. The work belongs to the altarpiece ensemble of the Saint Germain church
in Villaines-sous-Malicorne (72). This painting is a copy after the work
by Annibal Carrache (1560-1609) "The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist" dated
around 1600 (National Gallery, London). The work is classified as a historical
monument, restoration monitored by Mrs. Palonka-Cohin, CAOA Sarthe
and the DRAC Pays de la Loire.
• Restoration of two 17th-century paintings belonging to the collection of the Saint Denis church,
Verneil-le-Chétif (72). They are classified as historical monuments.
These paintings were to be exhibited in the Royal Abbey of l'Epau
for the exhibitions "Treasures of sacred art, religious painting from Le Mans in the 17th century
century - & 30 years of restoration by the Department of Sarthe", restoration
monitored by Mrs. Palonka-Cohin, CAOA Sarthe, and the DRAC Pays de la Loire.
DRAC Bretagne
• Restoration of the altarpiece painting " Holy Trinity", oil on canvas, belonging to the
collection of the Saint Colomban chapel in Saint Nolff (56). The painting is registered
as a historical monument, Restoration monitored by the DRAC Bretagne.
W:130cm x H:140cm.
• Initial condition report, dated and illustrated, of the oil on canvas painting signed Alexandre-
Evariste Fragonard and dated 1837. The work is on deposit from the CNAP at Saint-
Patern church in Vannes (56). The report was written at the request of the DRAC of
Brittany (Mrs. Cécile Oulhen) to be presented at the exhibition "Alexandre Évariste
Fragonard, the prodigal son" which will be held at the Angoulême museum from 18
September 2020 to 3 January 2021.